Nutrition & Health Insights
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- Foods, General
Can cake be part of a healthy diet? I think it can. But perhaps not for the reason you might expect. We seem increasingly inclined to judge foods individually: healthy or unhealthy, good or bad. Cake, pastries, biscuits and desserts inevitably end up on the wrong side of that divide. [...]
- General, Symptoms
Looking beyond individual numbers to understand the bigger picture. When you hear the word metabolism, what comes to mind? For many people, it’s simply about how quickly they burn calories or whether they find it easy to lose weight. In reality, metabolism is much more than that. It’s the collection [...]
- Functional Medicine, General
It struck me recently that whenever cholesterol comes up in conversation, people often ask the same question: “What should I stop eating?” It’s an understandable question. But it’s rarely the first one that comes into my mind. Instead, I find myself wondering… What else is going on? Has this happened [...]
- Foods, General
Thoughts on food, health and the joy of eating well Part 1: When Did Treats Become Everyday Foods? One of the unexpected pleasures of the past few months has been how much I’ve enjoyed creating new recipes. As a nutritional therapist, people sometimes ask whether that feels at odds with [...]
- Foods, General, Symptoms
Bloating. Digestive discomfort. Headaches. Skin problems. Fatigue. When symptoms are affecting your quality of life, it’s entirely understandable to want answers. It’s also understandable that many people turn to food intolerance testing in the hope of identifying the foods that might be causing their symptoms. In fact, one of the [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, Hormones, Immune System, liver, Menopause, Symptoms
Histamine, Hormones, Bile & the Gut Connection Many people reach a point where their body suddenly seems more reactive than it used to be. Foods trigger symptoms that never caused problems before. Sleep becomes lighter. Migraines appear more often. Digestion becomes unpredictable. Hormonal changes feel more intense. You may start [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS, Menopause
In the first part of this series, we looked at how gut symptoms, pelvic floor changes, and vaginal health concerns can appear together, rather than as separate issues. The next question is often: Why does this happen—and what does it mean in practice? Looking beneath the surface When symptoms overlap [...]
- Functional Medicine, General, Gut, IBS, Menopause
It’s not uncommon for someone to come to see me feeling as though their symptoms don’t quite make sense together. They might describe ongoing bloating and constipation—often labelled as irritable bowel syndrome—alongside recurrent thrush (vulvovaginal candidiasis), and sometimes more recently pelvic heaviness or early signs of prolapse. What often stands [...]
- General, Gut, IBS, Symptoms
Bloating is one of the most common symptoms I see in clinic — and one of the most oversimplified. For many people, it feels logical to search for a single cause:“It must be dairy.”“It’s probably gluten.”“I did a test — it says I have X.” But in reality, bloating is [...]
- Functional Medicine, General
More and more people are turning to AI tools to try and make sense of their health symptoms. It’s easy, instant, and often surprisingly convincing. But this raises an important question: Can AI actually solve your health problems—or is it just giving you information? The rise of AI in health [...]